Re: [Exim] Exim 4.32 Released

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Author: Russell King
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To: Philip Hazel
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] Exim 4.32 Released
On Thu, Apr 15, 2004 at 09:37:39AM +0100, Philip Hazel wrote:
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> This release fixes a serious recipient callout caching bug that was introduced
> in 4.31. Also, I have reversed the change in 4.31 that caused Exim to use the
> real sender when doing recipient callouts (which is where the bug was). The
> default behaviour is now what it was in 4.30. However, there is a new option
> to request the altered behaviour.


I hope no one is tempted to run that for mailservers which they don't
admin; both dwmw2 and myself setup filters on our mailman lists in the
MTA to prevent bounces to the list posting address at SMTP time.

This means recipient verification using <> as the sender fails.

Of course, we can work around the problem ourselves by setting the
option since we admin our domain.

My point is that recipient verification should only be used for domains
under the same administrative control.

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Russell King
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